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Wireless Charging for Smartphone

Kandan Jayaraj (A0028319E) Karthik TR (A0082036M) Sathish Narayanan (A0080102A) Jaskirat Kaur (A0077146B) Wong Wee Yap (A0077152H) Tonmoy Kundu (A0028202X)

Presentation Outline
Smartphones
Current Trends Impact on Power Wireless Charging Products for the Smartphone Charging your Smartphone Current Technology

ENERGY GAP in Smartphones


Value Proposition Road to True Mobility

Our Vision of Wireless Charging


Wireless Hotspots
Technology Progress Cost Structure and Trends Market Drivers

Array of Opportunities Future of Wireless Charging

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Current Trends in Smartphones Impact on Power


Convergence of communication, entertainment and computing More transistors and migration to smaller, leakier geometries

High performance power New Apps , be the technological advancements, it WhateverNeed for Speed hungry processors

ends up asking for MORE


Higher Memory

POWER

Memory consumes more power

Increased talk time demand and craze for smaller, sleeker devices
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Higher battery capacity

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Wireless Charging Products for Smartphones


Inductive Coupling
Skins

Cases / Covers

IT IS CHEAP!!
Charge Pads / Bundle Kits

Cost = $4.70 each (in USD)


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Cost = $3.60 each (in USD)

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Charging your Smarphone Current technology


Wired
Equipment Portability User Mobility Safety

Li-ion technology
15+ years old Simple energy storage, one cell system, minimized packing Power and energy: well balanced

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Relative performance improvements in Li Battery technology VS HDD / CPU

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Energy Gap in Smartphones

IMPLICATIONS TO CHARGING SYSTEM:


Battery Capacity Fails to meet demand Charging Interval More frequent Variance in System Charging Performance

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Value Proposition Road to True Mobility

Problem
Solution Value Proposition

Battery is not sufficient to fulfill Smartphone power needs

Use wireless technology to fill the energy gap

Wireless energy product that allows recharging on the go convenient and practical manner True Mobility

Wireless Charging

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Our Vision for

WIRELESS CHARGING

Wireless Charging Hotspots


Circuit
AC Electricity

Hotspot Source

Oscillating Magnetic Field

The mobile phone is powered to tune to the same frequency as the hotspot source and in the process of resonant magnetic coupling, power is transferred.

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Wireless Charging Hotspots

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Intelligent Wireless Charging System


Power Receiver

Power Transmitter

Wireless power Detection Detection Wake up from Wireless powerfromIDLE mode Wake up IDLE mode ID and Energy DemandAuthentication and Energy Demand Power Receivers ID Power Receiver Authentication Power Charge Complete Power Transfer Off communication Power Transfer according to communication IDLE mode Power Transfer according to Power Transmitter/IDLE Switch to Multiple Request for Adaptive Energy Demands Request for Charging Mode Energy Demand (optional) Charging Transfer Mode Power

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Technology Paradigm Wireless charging

Range

Near Field

Far Field

Inductive Coupling

Resonance Coupling

RF / Microwave

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Range

EM Resonance Coupling
Near Field Far Field

Superior to inductive charging Offer larger distances between the charged device and the source Easily charge multiple gadgets simultaneously, regardless of their position Can transmit across barriers

Inductive Coupling

Resonance Coupling

Microwave / RF

Blue line: Magnetic Fields Created when the current flows through the coil Yellow line: Flow of energy from the sources to Capture Coil

Is it practical to develop this technology for the mass market?


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Wireless Charging Hotspots: Road to Mainstream Market


Understanding the Roadmap from Labs to Market
R&D Commercialization Market Adoption

3 Major Factors:
Technology Progress Efficiency vs Distance / Efficiency vs Size
o Efficiency Improvement
Better Design Better Materials

Cost Structure and Trends


o Cost of Ownership vs Market Adoption

Market Drivers

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Wireless Charging Hotspots Technology Progress

Efficiency Break-down: Wired vs Wireless


99%
Connector Wired AC->DC 50Hz DC->AC HiFreq AC->DC
~1% cable loss

Charge control

Energy storage efficiency

Charger 99% 70% 90%

Smartphone
XX%

Magnetic field

Wireless

AC->DC 50Hz

DC->AC Hi-Freq

AC->DC

Charge control

Energy storage efficiency

Transmitter / Charger
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Up to 80%

Smartphone

Near Field Wireless Charging: Distance vs Efficiency


Proximity coupling
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2

Vicinity coupling
High Power

(100 W)

Transferred power [W]

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(10 W)

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Magnetic coupled Resonance, +60% efficiency Inductive Pad Solutions

(1 W)

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-1

10-2 10-3
High Efficiency Low Power

10-2

10-1 Distance [m]

10 (1 meter)

10 (10 meters)

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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Pushing the Mid-Range Efficiency Curve Outwards
Inductive coupling to Resonant Inductive Coupling

1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 2 4

Kurs, Moffat and Soljai found that powering two devices at once led to higher efficiency than one device alone.

Efficiency

Team from MIT, wirelessly power a 60W light bulb with 40% efficiency at a 2 metres

VISION
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10

12

Distance (m)
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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Technology Driven by Mass Adoption

The two receiving coils resonate with each other as well as with the transmitting coil, and help to reinforce the strength of the magnetic field.
Source: Simultaneous mid-range power transfer to multiple devices Andr Kurs, Robert Moffatt, and Marin Soljai

The efficiency should continue to rise as more devices are added, climbing toward a theoretical limit of 100 percent.
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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Technology Driven by Mass Adoption
800000 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000
Source: JiWire Mobile Audience Insights Report

0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

We anticipate the market for Wireless Charging Hotspot trend will follow that of the Wi-Fi adoption Trend and the scaling effect driving efficiency up.
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Near Field Wireless Charging: Size vs Efficiency

Transmitter

Receiver

The Coils offer inductance for resonance at desired frequency. Size - Bigger the coil, higher the efficiency Higher coil Q factor offer longer range
Q = Quality factor of Transmitter / Receiver coil

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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Reducing Receiver Coil Size

Source: Limitation of inductive power transfer for consumer application Eberhard Waffenschmidt, Philips Research

1. A large size difference of the coils reduces efficiency Problem for Mobile Charging with Hotspots
Typical arrangement of a wireless inductive power transmission system.
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2. A higher Quality Factor of coils pushes the efficiency curve up

Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Reducing Receiver Coil Size How do we improve Efficiency ?

Improving K, Q1 or Q2
K coupling coefficient

Q1 Quality Factor of Transmitter coil


Q2 Quality Factor of Receiver Coil

Better Design

Better Materials

Improving K,Q1 or Q2 will drive efficiency of resonant magnetic coupling and performance despite limitations created by varying coil sizes

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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Reducing Receiver Coil Size How do we improve Efficiency ?
Research conducted to improve Q2 through Better Design
Source: Watt-Level Wireless Power Transfer Based on Stacked Flex Circuit Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA *National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, USA

The multi-layer design incorporating lamination of four layers together with width variation exhibited a Q-factor improvement of 150% in comparison to the singlelayer inductor.
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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Reducing Receiver Coil Size How do we improve Efficiency ?
Research conducted to improve k through Better Design
Source: Optimization of Near Field Coupling for Efficient Power Transfer Utilizing Multiple Coupling Structures , Devin Wells Williams

As the spacing decreases between the elements, the magnitude of the coupling between that structure and the receiving element increases Coupling coefficient (k) increases
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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Reducing Receiver Coil Size How do we improve Efficiency ?
Research conducted to improve k through Better Materials
Source: Wireless Power Transmission Efficiency Enhancement With Metamaterials, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES

The use of negative-index Metamaterials to enhances coupling coefficient (k) of two resonators and improves efficiency.
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Overcoming Barriers: Push for Efficiency


Recent Research Breakthrough on Wireless Power Transfer

March 14, 2012

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Wireless Charging Hotspots

Cost Structure & Trends

Efficiency Vs Cost
Increasing Efficiency Impact on Cost

Increasing the number of stacks

Adding Material

Reducing space between coils

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Cost Analysis for Wireless Charging BOM Level


Powdered-iron-based, wireless charging receiving coil Cost = USD $5.48

TIs bq500210 Transmitter IC Cost = USD $3.95

TIs bq51013 Receiver IC


Cost = USD $3.50

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Cost Analysis for Wireless Charging: Reducing Cost In the footsteps of Integrated Circuits ???
1] Increasing the number of stacks

2] Adding Material

3] Reducing space between coils

1] More process steps overtime 2] Increasing number of layers with technology node 3] Smaller and smaller feature Size overtime

Cost Reduction in IC manufacturing had been possible with advances in science enabled by research, better manufacturing equipment with benefits from reduction in scale.

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Improvements in System Integration - Size & Cost


Path to delivering Power on to the IC directly
System Integration 3D IC and SiP Power delivery from coil/inductor to the Die

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WIFI vs Wireless Power Transfer


True Mobility attained from shifting to Wireless Data Transfer Rate declines with distance

Efficiency Push

Wireless Adapter Transmits Radio Signal. Router Receives the Signal.

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Cost Reductions in Wireless Power Integrated Circuit (IC)


Wireless Power Chip Set Pricing Forecast (Anticipated) (in dollars)

9.10
The price of wireless routers fell from $1,000 in 2000 to just $59 in 2004.
- Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News.

2011 - Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced its next-generation bqTESLA wireless power transmitter integrated circuit (IC). The IC lowers the transmitter bill of materials cost by more than 50 percent, compared to existing solutions, by integrating the transmitter and supporting components into a single chip.

4.50

Market Adoption
Latest reports suggest the inclusion of the "revolutionary" wireless charging feature in Galaxy S3.
International Business Times, March 22,2012.

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

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Mobile Apps for Intelligent Wireless Charging


Apps will help to
Increase efficiency of wireless charging Control the cost of charging for consumers Make the product more economically feasible and commercially viable

Wireless Hotspot Detected:


- NUS Hspot ))))))) Excellent - McD Hspot ))) Average
Estimated cost for full charge: $0.10 Amount in account: $10.32 Top-up account Share power mode

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Wireless Charging Hotspots Market Drivers

Market Drivers for Wireless Charging Road to True Mobility

User Expectation Limits to Competing Technologies

Efficiency Improvements

Rapid Market Growth

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Wireless Charging System Scenarios

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Advantages of Wireless charging


Universal wireless charging environment

Convenient & Simple to use

Safe, Reliable & Efficient

Low Maintenance Cost

Environmentally Protective

More Energy Savings

Reduction of Electronic Waste

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Array of Opportunities
Consumer Electronics
Laptops Digital Cameras Television / Media Remotes / Gaming controls

Industrial Applications
Automated Material Handling Industrial Micro- Robots

Wireless Charging Solutions

Biomedical Devices
Implants Pacemakers Defibrillators

Other Applications
Electric Vehicles LED Lighting Military Applications

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Future of Wireless Power - Consumer Electronics


Wireless Power will change our world
IN THE AIR AT WORK

AT THE HOTEL

AT HOME

AT THE CAFE

ON THE GO

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AT WORK

Digital Camera

Coffee Mug

Laptop

Cell Phone

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IN THE AIR

Cell Phone / Kindle

Laptop

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AT THE HOTEL

Laptop Digital Camera

Cell Phone Kindle

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AT THE CAF

Blender

Cell Phone

Coffee Mug

Kindle

Laptop

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ON THE GO

Parking Lot GPS Tracking System Media Player Cell Phone / Bluetooth Device

Charging Car Battery

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AT HOME

Blender Laptop Electric Pan

Cell Phone

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AT HOME

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Conclusion
Wireless Charging is Smart Charging
Wireless Charging would be extremely beneficial to society
Efficient & much better than conventional wired power Freedom of movement in charging area

It is a universal, interoperable solution that meets and anticipates immediate and future consumer needs

In near future, the world will be completely GREEN & Universal WIRELESS!
Eliminates tangled cords

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Are you Still Wired ??

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